Poe
Simple, beautiful note-taking app.
📝 Revisited typography and simplified interface even more (if it was even possible)
💾 Notes are now autosaved as soon as the first character is typed, as opposed to typing at least 5 words
🖱 The sidebar (where you can access your saved notes) has a more predictable behaviour on desktop (move the mouse towards the left side of the window)
☎️ The sidebar finally works on tablets and phones! (Just tap to the left of the writing area)
Next up:
❶ Add toast to notify the user that his/her notes are now being saved
❷ Add formatting!! (This will be a big one, think markdown, but way better, easier and faster)
Ps: you can follow me on Twitter or subscribe to Poe's Notes (https://buttondown.email/poe) if you want to be notified about the next steps
I have been obsessed with the idea for years, and finally, within two sleepless nights, I was able to start the project, design, code and launch the app.
Learnt along the way:
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You need really, really little to start. Much less than your brain thinks. Just go with the inspiration.
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I'm fast.
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Honestly, this is pretty cool. I love that all you see is 'start typing... ' That minimalist interface is very appealing. When I type notes the idea is to get ideas out of my head with minimal effort( like pencil and paper). Great first effort!
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Precisely. Your pencil and paper analogy is really good: you open the notebook and start writing, that’s it.
Thank you for the feedback!
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Nice! :-) I am also working on a writing app and just recently launched it. How do you save notes?
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IndexedDB. Nothing fancy so far :)
Eventually I’ll have to use a server for the opt-it sync functionality, and IndexedDB has memory limits, but it’s not a concern in this moment.I checked out Title by the way, love it, the design, and the idea!
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Thanks for checking it out! And cool, I actually meant how to do it in the UI (I read the other comments though; didn't realize it happens automagically :P)
Nice launch though! Looking forward to your next milestone! 🔥
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Congratulations! 🙌
You've done the hard part -- getting started.
And you've hit the nail on the head -- it often takes a lot less than you think to just get the ball rolling.-
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Yesss exactly!
And thank you :)
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Looks so nice dude! So clean and professional.
Is there going to be any plans to save notes?
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Thanks! Please note: it's an EXTREMELY alpha stage. But the notes are already automatically saved, locally on your browser, as soon as you hit 5 words.
Move you mouse towards the left of the screen to access saved notes ;)
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That's a nice feature! It would be cool to have some kind of "save status" icon/text to give the user better feedback that this is happening. Really nice looking app overall!
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I was thinking that! Sorry I didn't mean my comment to come across rude or anything!
It's so awesome - love the simplicity! 💪🏻 I'm going to follow your progress, great! Connect with me on Twitter!
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Love this Manuele! Very clever and minimistic. Wishing you further success
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Thanks Adam!
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That's really good! So clean and in two days!
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Thank you! I’m going to publish a write up in a day or two.
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9 Comments
Nice! Excited to see what features come next. I think the UX is much more intuitive now!
I'm glad you feel that way too!
Looking good!
thanks 🙏
Nice, you could use Service workers to allow the app to work offline
In my plan I'll eventually build native apps, but a PWA could be a good solution for browsers as well!
This is looking brilliant!! Very nice. Didn't think it could get better looking after the last time I saw 🤣
Haha thanks! It's still so rough though
Good to have a place to build on! Incredible! I'll likely use this!